About Henry Middleton, US Congress

Henry Middleton (September 28, 1770 – June 14, 1846) was an American planter and political leader from Charleston, South Carolina. He was the 43rd Governor of South Carolina (1810–1812), represented South Carolina in the U. S. Congress (1815–1819). He served as Minister to Russia (1820–1830), being sent there in the first instance to replace George Washington Campbell so as to look after slave-owners' interests in the discussions preparatory to arbitration by Czar Alexander I on the question of compensation under Article 1 of the Treaty of Ghent as regards enslaved Americans who went away with British during and after the War of 1812.

His father (Arthur Middleton) and his grandfather (Henry Middleton) had both served in the Continental Congress

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Governor of South Carolina. The son of Arthur Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, he was a South Carolina planter and political leader. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1802 to 1810, served as Governor of South Carolina from 1810 to 1812, served in the United States Congress as a Representative from South Carolina from 1815 to 1819, and was United States Minister to Russia from 1820 to 1830. (bio by: Garver Graver)